Delicious Italian Meatballs Food

CHEF JOHN'S ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 20 minutes.
• Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, Italian herb seasoning, and Parmesan cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• Mix all ingredients together well using your hands.
• Shape into 15-20 balls.
• Place balls in an ungreased pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the juices run clear.
• Serve with your favourite pasta sauce, over spaghetti noodles, with a glass of red wine (optional)!

DELICIOUS MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drizzle a large baking sheet with about 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a small saute pan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and Italian seasoning; continue to saute until garlic is softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool enough to handle.
• Combine beef, pork, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, milk, onion mixture, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix together using your hands as quickly as possible as overmixing can produce a tough meatball.
• Form 1 1/2-inch meatballs and place on the prepared sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and no longer pink in the centers, about 30 minutes, turning them over after 15 minutes.

AUTHENTIC ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a large bowl by hand.
• Use your bare hands for best results.
• Roll meatballs to about the size of a golf ball. (wet your hands to prevent the meat from sticking to them while rolling the meat balls).
• Drop raw meatballs into large (I use a stock pot) pot of sauce.
• (I have an incredible sauce recipe {#92096} I use for my meatballs).
• Simmer for about 3 hours.

DELICIOUS ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180°C.
• Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk.
• Lightly fry the shallots, garlic and chilli. When they have sweated down add the white wine and reduce for a minute or 2 until it has almost evaporated. Add the tomatoes along with the basil, oregano and finally the olives. Simmer to reduce (this should take 5-10 mins).
• While the tomato sauce is cooking, make up the meatballs: Into the mince add the parsley, parmesan, garlic and add soaked breadcrumbs, mix well. Season with a little salt and pepper.
• Shape into walnut sized balls and lightly coat the meatballs in the flour and fry in hot olive oil until golden. Add the meatballs to the tomato sauce and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Serve with basmati rice, or choice of pasta.

DELICIOUS ITALIAN MEATBALLS SIMMERED IN SAUCE - MOMMY'S BEST!

Steps:

• Chop garlic and onions.
• Saute garlic and onions , in olive oil, until cooked and browned- set aside to cool.
• Mix ground meat, eggs, italian seasoning, grated cheese, salt & pepper and cooked onions/garlic mixture until well blended -- clean hands work best.
• Shape mix into approx 25 meatballs, all about walnut sized .
• In same pan, under medium heat, cook meatballs, turning as needed, covered, until cooked throughand brown on all sides.
• Drain off fat.
• Place in your favorite red italian sauce and simmer for at least 60 minutes over low heat.
• Serve over your favorite pasta.

KITTENCAL'S ITALIAN MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Shape into small meatballs (at this point you can place on a jelly-roll/baking sheet and freeze to use later, or cover with plastic wrap refrigerate up to 24 hours before using).
• Drop the meatballs into simmering pasta sauce, do not stir for at least 20 minutes or you will risk breaking the meatballs.
• Continue cooking in the simmering sauce for another 20 minutes (depending on how fast your sauce is simmering 40 minutes total should fully cook the meatballs).
• After the 40 minutes cooking time continue cooking your sauce with the meatballs in for as long as desired.
• **note** you may also bake the meatballs at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes or until cooked through.

EASY, DELICIOUS, ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven on BROIL to 300* F.
• First, you start off by getting your ingredients ready to go.
• Take the ground beef ( or whatever you are using), and put it in a medium size mixing bowl.
• Then, add your bread crumbs, thyme, and parsley with your ground meat and mix together with your hands.(it gets messy).
• Now, mince your garlic and add that to the meat as well as add your salt and pepper (if you desire).
• Last, add 1 teaspoons of EVOO (Extra-Virgin olive oil) and mix all together.
• Make sure your oven is ready to go and make sure the temp (300 degrees) and your broiler is on.
• Make 9 evenly sized meatballs and place them on your cooking sheet.
• Broil for about 25-30 minutes.
• Enjoy!
• makes approximately 9 meatballs with 1 pound of meat.